OMG !!! that is Great news since the Movie was ruined by M.Night Shamalan..... can't wait to see Aang and Katara I hope 2 c some of the old characters.... Of all the animated series I FOUND AVATAR to Have a beautiful message...... Ohhhhhh WOW!!!

I loved the first hour long episode(s). Starts off with Book 1 air, but can't say for sure if this will be a multi-season show.

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I liked her attitude, and they didn't make her all powerful considering she knows three elements but isn't so powerful that she can't be knocked down a peg or two. I was surprised that we were teased by Ang's grand daughter asking Gran Gran Kitara about Fire Lord Zukko's mother, but get interrupted, so who knows if we'll ever find out. I was pretty disappointed, but not surprised that the majority of the original show are dead of old age except for Kitara, also keep in mind how old Kitara seems to be and the fact that Korra is 16 years old, so Ang was gone for that long. I wonder if we're going to hear or see what happened to the original crew between then and now, especially Sokka.

"Anime" is simply the shortened, colloquial word for animation in japanese. The word itself does not have to do with the region in which it was made. Many japanese animation studios have actually outsourced their animating work which means that, if you correlate the word "anime" to mean animations made in japan, then maybe you need to call animations that you formerly thought of a "anime," a different name. If a non-japanese animation where to be shown in Japan, the japanese would still call it "anime."

SO FOR JACK'S SAKE!!!
Stop trying to make a distinction between anime and non-anime/cartoon, cause at the moment, the word "anime" is still too ambiguous to actually have a set distinction.

My only apprehension is that Korra is pretty much set. It's difficult to create "'strong' character", in the storytelling sense, if that character doesn't need to go through a lot of hardships with the reader or audience to develop his or herself.

Characters like "Naruto," "Harry Potter" and "Aang" are characters that make an good impression cause the audience or reader goes through a lot of trouble with them and these characters "grow" within the audience or readers's imagination.

This is my only concern with this animation. I have a feeling that I wouldn't like it as much because of this, which sucks because I really like Korra, her look, personality and all, it's just a shame that she had to be so strong right at the beginning.

I watched the first episode last night. I am so out of the loop, I didn't even know about this until two days ago. Some fan I am.
The show seems very strong in the beginning. Korra is a little hot-headed, but she is a much stronger character than most people see in animated shows, whether or not they are made in Japan or America. The supporting cast steals the spotlight enough times to make an impression without overpowering everything else. The animation is beautiful. The sets are awe-inspiring and the movements are very fluid and realistic.

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The civil unrest and us-vs.-them attitude creates a very strong foundation for one very well thought out storyline. As long as they have the same writers as the old series, I can see this show having a strong following like the previous Avatar

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By the way, did anyone else catch the fact that Aang's son has the same name as the Dalai Lama? Just pointing that out.